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Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Gymnocypris scleracanthus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

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Gymnocypris scleracanthus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) is an endangered fish species, and distributes in a small glacial lake Langcuo in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. The natural population of G.scleracanthus has been dramatically decreased during recent years. In the present study, we report the complete mitochondrial genome of G. scleracanthus, and explore its phylogenetic position using concatenated 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs). The mitochondrial genome of G. scleracanthus is 16,679 bp in length, containing 27.33% of T, 26.01% of C, 28.52% of A and 18.14% of G. Besides the D-loop control region, the mitochondrial genome encodes 13 PCGs, 22 transfer RNAs (tRNAs), and two ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs). The phylogenetic analysis demonstrates G. scleracanthus and Gymnocypris dobula are most closely related.

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China (31572258) and Science foundation of Qinghai Province (2016-ZJ-941Q). Dr. Fei Tian was supported by “1000 Talent” programs of Qinghai Province.

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  1. Fei Tian and Yongtao Tang have contributed equally to the work.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 23 Xinning Road, Xining, 810008, Qinghai, China

    Fei Tian, Yongtao Tang & Kai Zhao

  2. Laboratory of Plateau Fish Evolutionary and Functional Genomics, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, Qinghai, China

    Fei Tian, Yongtao Tang & Kai Zhao

  3. Qinghai Key Laboratory of Animal Ecological Genomics, Xining, Qinghai, China

    Fei Tian & Kai Zhao

  4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Yongtao Tang

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Tian, F., Tang, Y. & Zhao, K. Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Gymnocypris scleracanthus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Conservation Genet Resour 10, 467–469 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-017-0850-x

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